Method for the design and manufacture of composites having tunable physical properties

    公开(公告)号:US10649440B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-05-12

    申请号:US16355320

    申请日:2019-03-15

    Abstract: A method of designing and manufacturing a replica composite object based on an original object. The method identifies the structure and physical properties of an original object. Base materials, bodies, and structural templates, each of which includes associated physical properties, are utilized to generate a 3-dimensional model. The 3-dimensional model is discretized and tested to determine if the selected combination of base materials and bodies have physical properties that substantially equal the physical properties of the original object. If the physical properties do not equate, the 3-dimensional model is optimized by adjusting the combination of base materials, bodies, and structural templates. When the difference between the measured physical properties of the 3-dimensional model and the identified physical properties of the original object is less than a tolerance value, the method instructs an additive manufacturing system to generate a replica composite object based on the original object.

    Optical waveguide, fabrication methods, and applications

    公开(公告)号:US10585241B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-03-10

    申请号:US16064537

    申请日:2016-12-20

    Abstract: The present invention is an integrated photonics platform is created through the application of a polymer and silicon dioxide mask, multiple anisotropic etchings with inductively-coupled plasma reactive-ion-etching and a brief isotropic silicon etching to produce a a T-shaped silicon base wafer. A silicon-on-insulator donor wafer is bonded to the silicon base wafer a silicon dioxide layer between the two wafers is removed, producing a finalized T-shaped optical waveguide. The T-shaped optical waveguide causes confinement of the optical mode in the upper region of the “T,” above the connection to the post. This shape prevents leakage of light into the silicon wafer.

    MULTI-INPUT SINGLE-RESONANT TANK LLC CONVERTER
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    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20200052604A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-02-13

    申请号:US16536911

    申请日:2019-08-09

    Abstract: A multi-input power DC-DC converter includes a first and second bridge circuit for receiving power from a first and second electric power source. The first bridge circuit includes a first power switches with a first switch output node in between, and a second bridge circuit for receiving power from a second electric power source including second power switches with a second switch output node in between. At least one of the first and second electric power source is a photovoltaic (PV) panel. A single LLC resonant tank coupled to both the first and second output node is configured together with a transformer including a secondary winding and a primary winding that provides a magnetizing inductance which provides a second inductance for the single LLC resonant tank. A rectifier is coupled to the secondary winding.

    MODULAR FILAMENT FEEDING AND TRACKING DEVICE FOR USE WITH AN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING PRINTER

    公开(公告)号:US20200031048A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-01-30

    申请号:US16521806

    申请日:2019-07-25

    Abstract: A stackable, modular additive manufacturing printer filament feed device including various modules, or components, used to track, quantify, feed, and treat filament used in a 3D printer. The device is designed to provide an accurate quantification of the amount of filament remaining in an additive manufacturing printer by tracking the bidirectional linear translation of filament being fed into the additive manufacturing printer. In addition, the device is portable and does not require an input from the printer to operate; instead, the device mechanically couples to the printer, such that filament passes through the device and is fed into the printer during a printing project. The stackable nature of the device allows for customization depending on printing needs—as such, the device can perform multiple functions, in addition to feeding and tracking filament to an additive manufacturing printer.

    Low resistance vertical cavity light source with PNPN blocking

    公开(公告)号:US10530127B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-01-07

    申请号:US16014305

    申请日:2018-06-21

    Inventor: Dennis G. Deppe

    Abstract: A semiconductor vertical light source includes upper and lower mirrors with an active region in between, an inner mode confinement region, and an outer current blocking region that includes a common epitaxial layer including an epitaxially regrown interface between the active region and upper mirror. A conducting channel including acceptors is in the inner mode confinement region. The current blocking region includes a first impurity doped region with donors between the epitaxially regrown interface and active region, and a second impurity doped region with acceptors between the first doped region and lower mirror. The outer current blocking region provides a PNPN current blocking region that includes the upper mirror or a p-type layer, first doped region, second doped region, and lower mirror or an n-type layer. The first and second impurity doped region force current flow into the conducting channel during normal operation of the light source.

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